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Kathy Griffin: Trump photo put me on ‘Hollywood blacklist’

In this Feb. 11, 2017 photo, comedian Kathy Griffin attends the Clive Davis and The Recording Academy Pre-Grammy Gala in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Rich Fury / Associated Press)
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Kathy Griffin said she is in the middle of a “Hollywood blacklist” after taking a photo holding a fake severed head that resembled President Donald Trump.

The comedian is currently on a world standup tour. She said in a YouTube video that when she returns to the U.S. she doesn’t have “one single day of paid work” scheduled. She said she doesn’t want to do free shows or work small clubs and thinks she should be able to get her life back.

Griffin said the Trump photo “offended a lot of people,” but added: “This wall of (expletive) has never fallen on any woman in the history of America like it has on me.”

Griffin initially apologized for the photo published in May before saying she was no longer sorry over the summer.